Faith Adiele Quotes
I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal survival tale, your story, is civic engagement. It is a kind of political performance and is really crucial in that storytelling is how the writers connect with people and change. It's how we collect and add to and complicate the master narrative.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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I would love to be a role model.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be.
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I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.
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When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence.
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Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
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A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.
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Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.
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Enquire what the effect of large endowments are upon colleges.
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But we also think that we've got more quite alot more support than any new format has ever had.
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I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal survival tale, your story, is civic engagement. It is a kind of political performance and is really crucial in that storytelling is how the writers connect with people and change. It's how we collect and add to and complicate the master narrative.
